© 2006 Tom Robinson
© 2006 Tom Robinson
THE FOLLOWING SITES DEAL WITH ASPECTS OF ALL MAJOR RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS.
QUICK FACTS
Religion Facts: This easy-to-use site offers numbers short essays on a wide variety of topics on most religious traditions, along with glossaries and timeline. Various links and illustrations. Maintained by a Ph.D. candidate in the history of religions.
Religions, Faith Groups, Ethical Systems, etc: A site maintained by ReligiousTolerance.org, providing links to numerous religious traditions. Brief descriptions of key elements of the religion are also provided. The site's main interest is in religious tolerance, and many of the links focus on such issues.
COLLECTION OF LINKS
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SPECIFIC INTERESTS
Adherents: Provides membership details on the major religions. The site collects but does not analyze statistical information of over 4000 different groups and has statistical information from almost 44,000 sources. The site is maintained by ReligiousTolerance.org.
RNS: Religious News Service: It describes itself as "the only secular news and photo service devoted to unbiased coverage of religion and ethics — exclusively." Current news about major issues affecting religion. This site is designed for people in the media, and full access to the site is by subscription only. Their "Religious Backgrounder" section provides reliable and sometimes extensive information about religions of particular current interest. On last look, the site had backgrounders on Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Mormonism.